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Originally Posted by kilohertz53
I love films set in WWII, particularly:
The Great Escape
The Guns of Navarone
Hope and Glory
Casablanca
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Das Boot
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The motorcycle ride by Steve McQueen in The Great Escape is magnificient. Love that movie, too. Bridge on the River Kwai is also a fantastic movie -- and the theme song is so memorable. Both are in my library of movies.
I also have Das Boot in my library but I find it difficult to sit through (I did once and that seems to be enough). Casablanca I never liked and never thought was a particularly good movie. Guns of Navarone falls into the same category as Von Ryan's Express -- OK but not great.
But then there is the Magnificient Seven with Yul Brynner and crew. Although not a war movie, still a great movie. I've watched that a number of times.
A lot of really good movies have been made over the years. Cool Hand Luke with Paul Newman, Marty with Ernest Borgnine are two that come immediately to mind from years ago.